14 NEWS Budget response sought WATTLE Range Council is still waiting on answers from the head of the region’s peak environmental bureaucrat. Former council chief executive Frank Brennan spoke to the council in February as the presiding member of the South East Natural Resources Management Board. Mr Brennan said he would investigate some questions raised by councillors and provide a response. Correspondence from Mr Brennan was tabled at the April meeting, but councillor Gwenda Lawlor said he had not answered two questions. As a result, council will write to Mr Brennan seeking a response to queries about the budget increases and costs of the newDemocracy consultation. 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